Optimizing the Protection Group
This recipe will cover how to optimize a protection group configuration so it fits the organization's data center.
Getting ready
When you have set up a protection group that defines the backup settings for a protected data source that maps to your restore plans, you may find the need of optimizing the protection group configuration.
How to do it...
There are five important configuration methods to optimize a protection group:
Enable network throttling
Enable data compression
Provide staggering
Create your replica manually
Alter the Express-Full schedule
The network throttling, manual replica creation, and altering the Express-Full schedule methods are covered in corresponding recipes in this chapter.
How it works...
If you modify a protection group or create a new one, you have the ability to optimize the protection group in two ways:
Via the Protection Group Wizard
Via the DPM console
Open the Protection view of the DPM console, and simply click the protection group that...
